roim

Estonian

Etymology

Coined ex nihilo by Estonian philologist and Fennophile Johannes Aavik in 1915, possibly inspired by English crime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroi̯m/, [ˈroi̯m]
• Rhymes: -oim
• Hyphenation: roim

Noun

roim (genitive roima, partitive roima)

1. (literary) a violent crime

   Near-synonym: mõrv (“murder”)

Declension

Declension of roim (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		roim	roimad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	roima
genitive			roimade
partitive		roima	roimi roimasid
illative		roima roimasse	roimadesse roimisse
inessive		roimas	roimades roimis
elative		roimast	roimadest roimist
allative		roimale	roimadele roimile
adessive		roimal	roimadel roimil
ablative		roimalt	roimadelt roimilt
translative		roimaks	roimadeks roimiks
terminative		roimani	roimadeni
essive		roimana	roimadena
abessive		roimata	roimadeta
comitative		roimaga	roimadega

Derived terms

• roimama
• roimar

 

Compounds

• kõlblusroim
• liiklusroim
• raaliroim
• sõjaroim
• õigusroim

 

• roimakatse

 

References

• roim in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “roim”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Galician

Verb

roim

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of roer